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Patent GB-191313240-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Bag Holders.
Inventor: EDWARDS EARL ARTHUR
IPC: B65B39/06
Filed: 1913-06-07
Granted: 1913-09-04
Abstract: 13,240. Edwards, E. A. June 7. Sack - holders. - A hopper 8 to which a bag is attached is adjustably mounted on a collapsible frame. The uprights 3 are secured to an angleiron 1 by U-bolts 4 and stays 17, which are attached to the bar 1 by eyes 16 and to the upright 3 by cotter-pins 20. Stays 23 similarly connect the uprights 3 to one of the cross-bars 2. The hopper 8 is supported by a rod 7 passing through it and entering recesses 6 in the uprights 3, the recesses being closed by a pivoted plate 10. The bag is attached to hooks 12, folded round the spout 11, and the fold secured by a clamp 14.
Patent GB-191313696-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Flour Treatment.
Inventor: LEVIN BERTRAM ISAAC
IPC: A21D2/02
Filed: 1913-06-13
Granted: 1914-06-04
Abstract: 13,696. Levin, B. I. June 13. Conditioning flour and meal; treating flour and meal with sprayed liquids.-Flour or stock is treated with an electrolyzed solution of ingredients it is desired to add to the flour, such as phosphoric acid, acid phosphates, chlorates, for instance of potassium, or ammonium salts. Acid or normal potassium sulphate may be added to phosphoric acid before electrolysis, and a platinum anode and lead cathode are employed. The treatment reduces acidity, concentrates the liquid, prevents tendency to re-crystallize, and converts phosphates to a form approximating to the organic form. Specification 5405/13 is referred to. According to the Provisional Specification, neutral or alkaline phosphates, and suitable sulphates such as those of potassium or ammonium may be employed.
Patent GB-191321664-A (GB)
Title: Device for the Automatic Delivery of Small Pieces of Soap and the like.
Inventor: BECKER HEINRICH
IPC: G07F11/66
Filed: 1913-09-25
Granted: 1914-07-23
Abstract: 21,664. Beeker, H. Sept. 25, 1912, [Convention date]. Sale apparatus.- Relates to a machine adapted to deliver slices of soap cut off from large pieces, or to deliver small articles stored in a vertical pile. The delivery mechanism comprises a bent lever e, k pivoted in the casing a below a vertical container b in which the goods are stored. The lever is normally held back by a spring d in such a position that a plate m on the arm k of the lever closes the mouth of the container. A second plate o, which may have a cutting-edge o<1>, is also provided on the arm k, in the position shown. When the delivery lever e, k has been freed by a coin, and is swung forward by pressure on a handle l, the plate o cuts off a slice from the lowest piece of soap in the part b, or is interposed between the lowest article in the pile and those above. The severed piece or separated article then drops on to a guard-piece q, and falls down a slide p. Coin action, weight.-Actuation of the apparatus is normally prevented by the engagement of a balance lever g with a cross-piece i on the delivery lever. When the lever g is tilted by a coin, inserted through a slit h, the part i is freed, and the lever g is temporarily held up in a slightly inclined position by a projecting arm e<1>. Fraud, preventing.-In order to prevent the apparatus from being freed by means of a wire &c. inserted through the coin-slit, a projection s is provided on the delivery lever, extending as far as the slit. As soon as the lever e, k begins to move forward, the part s shuts off the coinslit.
Patent GB-191322867-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: CAPSTICK RICHARD
IPC: B61L3/04
Filed: 1913-10-10
Granted: 1914-09-03
Abstract: 22,867. Capstick, R., Dawson, W., and Whelon, A. W. Oct. 10. Track apparatus actuating signals on trains.-A track contact - member for coaction with a roller beneath a vertically sliding rod on the locomotive, comprises an arched bar o pivoted near one end and raised by an eccentric disk q on a spindle operated from the signal-box. The train apparatus comprises a shaft b extending across the vehicle and carrying a crank a<1> with a roller c' at each end, a counterbalance for these being provided. The roller c'lifts a rod f, sliding in a. tube against the action of a spring, to operate a slide i with coloured panels and a gong m. Specification 19,160/05 is referred to.
Patent GB-191329862-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shoe Heels and Fasteners therefor.
Inventor: WALTERS HAROLD VICTOR
IPC: A43B13/34
Filed: 1913-12-29
Granted: 1914-04-23
Abstract: 29,862. Walters, H. V. Dec 29. Heels.-These are secured by two engaging members, each of which has an enlarged conical or taper head. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the two members 7, 12<b>, are secured by riveting over the upper end 14 of the member 7. In another construction, the two members constitute a stud and spring socket connexion. In other modifications, the inner member comprises a screw adapted to be engaged by a nut operated from outside the shoe. Fig. 4 shows such a construction, with the addition of an elevator 5, which is held in place by the enlarged head 9<a> of the screw 7. A single nail may be driven from the inside through the heel, to prevent rotation. The outer member may be adapted to hold a heel pad in position.
Patent GB-191402473-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Mirrors.
Inventor: EVERS-SWINDELL FRANK BERTRAM
IPC: A47G1/24
Filed: 1914-01-30
Granted: 1915-07-08
Abstract: 2473. Swindell, F. B. Evers-. Jan. 30. Collapsible brackets.- An extensible and adjustable support for a mirror comprises a pair of lazy-tongs 6 which are connected by double hinges and horizontal pivots to the mirror frame. The lazy-tongs are pivoted to triangular plates 9 hinged at 11 to a base 10, the arrangement allowing the mirror to be swung laterally. The lazy-tongs are preferably formed with an extra short bar 12. In place of the lazy-tongs, an equivalent mechanical arrangement may be employed.
Patent GB-191402988-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Furnaces for Melting Salt and like Mineral Substances.
IPC: C01D3/20
Filed: 1914-02-05
Granted: 1914-12-24
Abstract: 2988. International Salt Co., Brown, A. W., and Webster, J. H. Feb. 5. Open-hearth furnaces; hearths.-In a regenerative open - hearth furnace for melting and treating salt or like mineral substances, the regenerators extend under the whole furnace (which comprises a melting-portion and a purifying -portion) and are of special design, both portions of the furnace are connected up with the regenerators, and the purifying-hearth is divided up into special baths. Fig. 2 shows a longitudinal section through both portions of the furnace and Fig. 4 a transverse section through the purifying portion. The melting furnace 1 is arranged across one end of the purifying - furnace 2. The regenerators-10 for gas and 11 for air-are composed of thin vertical transverse walls 12 supported, by projections 20 of the main walls, above the bottoms of longitudinal flues 13, 13<a> and extending upwards towards the roofs of the regenerator chambers. Passages 14, 15 in the ends of the furnace 1 form the connexion between the air and gas ports and the respective regenerator chambers, and the air and gas ports of the furnace 2, which are in its roof, are similarly connected to the regenerators by passages 22, 23 in the sides and roof. The hearth of the furnace 2 comprises a shallow depositing-bath 24, short shallow baths 26 communicating by staggered gaps 28 in their dividing-walls and adapted to be supplied with air for agitating purposes, and a final large deep bath 31.
Patent GB-191404778-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mixing and Grinding Mills.
IPC: B02C15/14
Filed: 1914-02-24
Granted: 1914-08-13
Abstract: 4778. Brinjes & Goodwin, and Savage, J. E. Feb. 24. Edge-runners and pans.-The runner n of a mixing and grinding mill is mounted on a pin m carried bv an arm l loose on an horizontal shaft i, which is mounted in bearings in a head h on the driving-spindle c and carries a helical or screw wheel j gearing with a similar wheel k fixed to the boss b of the stationary pan a. The runner is positively driven by a wheel o on the shaft i gearing with a wheel p on the side of the runner. The wheels o, p are enclosed in a gear case q which may form an oil bath. and an adjustable scraper on the side of the case q engages the side of the runner. The head h may be constructed to support two runners. In a modification, a finger on the runner carries a roller engaging a fixed camdisk on the end of the shaft m, so that the runner with its wheel p is moved axially or laterally as it revolves.
Patent GB-191405905-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Separating Liquids from Gases and Vapours.
Inventor: THEISEN HANS EDUARD
IPC: B01D45/08
Filed: 1914-03-09
Granted: 1915-06-03
Abstract: 5905. Theisen, H. E. Jan. 2, [Convention date]. Separators.-A device for separating water and other liquids, such as tar or pitch, from gases and vapours comprises a casing containing a lower chamber serving as a depositing chamber and an upper chamber containing vertical perforated plates arranged across the chamber, so that the gas &c. traverses an S-shaped path, first through its depositing-chamber and then through the perforated plates. The plates E are arranged on a partition formed in two parts, one of which J, which carries the plates is provided with wheels whereby it can be run on rails N out of the casing. The two outermost plates E<1>, E<2> are secured to the movable partition J and a cover K, and the other plates are slipped into guides on the partition J and cover K. The plate E', on which the gases &c. first impinge, is provided with a gutter O. A drain-pipe P is attached to the partition J.
Patent GB-191406027-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Shock Absorbing Wheels.
Inventor: BECKER HUGO
IPC: B60B9/26
Filed: 1914-03-10
Granted: 1914-11-19
Abstract: 6027. Becker, H. March 10. Spring wheels with continuous outer rigid ring and metal springs. -Disks 2, Fig. 2, secured to the hub are progressively offset at 3, 4 and overlap a similarly-offset pair of disks 8 carrying a relatively narrow tyre 6. Bolts 16 connecting the hub disks pass through apertures 17 in the rim disks, and bolts 19 stay the inner edges of the rim disks. The rims 9, 15 carried respectively by the disks are connected by plate springs having a long and short arm 22, 21 connected by an enlarged nearly-circular bend 20. The straight part 22 bears against the bend of the adjacent spring. In the form shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the rim disks lie outside the hub disks, and the joint near the hub is covered by dust-plates 33<1> with packing 34. Radial helical springs connect the two rims, and a driving-connexion is obtained by togglelinks 31, 32 connecting bolts at the hub with the rim bolts 19<a> passing through apertures in the hub disks.
Patent GB-191409306-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Copying Lathes.
IPC: B27M3/20
Filed: 1914-04-15
Granted: 1915-04-15
Abstract: 9306. Crawford, McGregor, & Canby Co., and Eastman, E. A. April 15. Lathes.-A copying- lathe, particularly for use in making shoe lasts, has roughing and finishing cutters operating on the same kind of work, one slightly in advance of the other, and both controlled by a single pattern and patternwheel. The machine consists of a frame 1 with uprights 3, to which is pivoted a swinging frame 5 adapted to carry the work and pattern. The pattern contacts with a roller 22 carried by the tool slide 23, and both the pattern and the blank are rotated simultaneously by toothed gearing 10, 11, 13, 14 from a belt 18 driven from the main shaft 20. The finishing-tool spindle 25 is mounted on uprights 24 on the tool carriage, and the roughing-tool spindle 31 is carried in a slide 30 adjustable horizontally on a vertically adjustable slide 28; the planes of the cutters are. adjusted as closely as practicable, Fig. 5, and inclined to the direction of travel. To allow of this adjustment, the driving-belt 50 of the spindles passes over the pulleys 41, 42 on the spindles and over a fixed pulley 49 and an adjustable pulley 46. The finishing-cutter 26 is rotated at a higher speed than the roughing- cutter 32, and the roughing-cutter has blades of different lengths to cut into the work progressively.
Patent GB-191411010-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Perkins' Tubes or like Elements of Steam-generators.
Inventor: LOEWENSTEIN KARL PRINZ ZU
IPC: F22B1/16
Filed: 1914-05-05
Granted: 1915-07-15
Abstract: 11,010. L÷wenstein, Karl, Prinz zu. May 5. Generating by the circulation of liquid in sealed tubes.-In steam-boilers heated by a series of Perkins' tube or like elements fed by a common pipe, a three-way cock connects each element to this pipe, and one of the passages of this cock is connected to an expansion vessel. The capacity of each expansion vessel h may be about one-third of that of the Perkins' tube c. A single detachable expansion vessel may be used, screwed to each tube in turn. In working, the pump f may be allowed to fill the tubes, and the cocks may then be turned to connect the tubes with the expansion vessels. When the excess liquid has passed into these vessels, the cock may be turned to empty them through the feed-pipe e, leaving the tubes filled to the preferred extent of two-thirds of their volume. Any tube may be tested for leakage or extent of filling by connecting it alone to the feed-pipe on which a manometer i is provided. Gases formed by decomposition of the water may also escape through the expansion vessels. When, for example, some tubes are of copper, which cannot stand high pressure, the tubes may be connected in groups to separate feed-pipes.
Patent GB-191411701-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boats.
Inventor: MCMILLAN LEVY
IPC: B63H25/36
Filed: 1914-05-12
Granted: 1914-11-05
Abstract: 11,701. McMillan, L. May 12. Canal boats.-Boats used on streams or canals provided with locks are constructed of the maximum width permitted by the locks and of the maximum length for allowing for the inward swing of the lock gates, by providing a counter 5 at the stern arranged so that the rudder 6 when fully extended lies half within and half beyond the counter 5. This arrangement enables a shorter counter to be used with consequent increase in the carrying capacity. When passing through a lock in a down-stream direction, the rudder is turned wholly beneath the counter by auxiliary gear 15 mounted on a platform 10 secured to a sleeve 8, so as to turn with the quadrant 9. Normally the quadrant 9 turns the rudder 6 through the sleeve 8, gear 15, and worm-and-wheel 11, which is secured to the rudder head 7. By driving the gear 15 by the motor 14, the rudder is turned independently of the quadrant 9 and is thereby free of the lock gates.
Patent GB-191414101-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ships' Berths and the like.
Inventor: WHITFIELD GILBERT
IPC: B63B29/10
Filed: 1914-06-11
Granted: 1915-06-03
Abstract: 14,101. Whitfield, G., and Johnson, C. June 11. Berths.-In an arrangement for the attachment of the side and end rails of ships' berths to supporting posts, the horizontal flanges 6 of the side rails are notched at the ends as at 8 and engage pins or projections 13 on a plate-like bracket 10 on the post, the vertical flange 7 entering a slot 12 situated between the pins 13.
Patent GB-191417176-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Supplying Liquid Fuel to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: CONSTANTINESCO GOGU
IPC: F02M7/20
Filed: 1914-07-20
Granted: 1915-04-01
Abstract: 17,176. Constantinesco, G., and Haddon, W. July 20. Spray carburettors; vaporizers, external. - The fuel supply to a vaporizer or spray carburettor is made to depend upon two factors, one of which is dependent on the suction in the inlet pipe, while the other is independent of suction and is constant. A float b maintains in the chamber a a head of fuel sufficient at least to overcome the surface tension at the outlet orifice g. This orifice, which may supply a spraying-nozzle n<1> or lead to the supplypips of a vaporizer, is controlled by a needle valve f carried by a large diaphragm h which communicates with the induction pipe o through a conduit j controlled by a screw q. Holas p between the outlet g and nozzle n<1> admit air which assists in breaking up the fuel. With this apparatus, the fuel is fed chiefly by gravity at low suction, while at high suction the feed takes place under gravity and suction combined. A guard l protects the diaphragm from splashed fuel and from injury due to back-firing.
Patent GB-191418443-A (GB)
Title: Improvements for Actuating Signals on and Communicating with Trains.
Inventor: THOMPSON HENRY ARTHUR
IPC: B61L3/22
Filed: 1914-08-08
Granted: 1915-08-05
Abstract: 18,443. Thompson, H. A. Aug. 8. Track apparatus actuating signals on trains and for stopping trains.-Induced currents in a train-carried coil are supplied to a non-resouating polarized relay controlling the circuit to a polarized or non-polarized vibrating relay which, when energized, closes the circuit to audible signalling-means or a brake-controlling magnet. Fig. 10 shows the general arrangement of circuits Fig. 8 shows a polarized reed-relay, which may also be used as an audible signal device, and Figs. 1, 2, 4, and 5 show parts of the polarized relay. Current induced in the traincarried coil A by a coil on the track energizes the polarized relay, the armature of which is vibrated and completes the circuit from the two parts of the split battery alternately to the coils of the reed-relay so as to cause the reed to vibrate and maintain the circuit to a solenoid controlling a signal or the brakes. The armature of the reed-relay may carry a hammer which strikes tubular bells or gongs. The polarized relay is constructed with two long cores 1 of wire or plates with pole-pieces 2 having curved faces. The windings consist of four coils in parallel, two on each core, in order to keep down the self-induction and give large magnetomotive force. Armatures 4, 5 on a spindle 3, carried in jewelled or other bearings, move between the pole-faces and a permanent horseshoe magnet N, S curved as shown in Fig. 2, to provide a compact construction, polarizes these armatures. Contact is made to the spindle 3 by a phosphor-bronze or other wire and a contact 6 on the armature 5 meets separately adjustable contacts 9, 10 carried on an adjustable insulated base. The reed-relay or sounding- device, Fig. 8, comprises a permanent magnet 19 with pole-pieces wound with coils 21 and having adjustable blocks 37 on these pole-pieces. On these blocks are clamped hooked springs 35, 36, which are prevented from inward movement by projections 43 on the blocks 37. Between these springs is mounted a contact-block 34 on a vibrating armature formed of two strips of iron or steel 29, 30 supported on a strip of nickel or tough non-magnetic material 28, and carrying a flexible nickel extension 31 with a light hammer 27 which strikes sounding-devices, such as bell-metal tubes 32. The reed-armature is adjusted so that its vibrations, which are dependent upon the action of the springs 35, 36, are synchronous with the periodicity of the current supplied to the relay coils. The local circuit is maintained closed almost continuously while the reed is vibrating. In order to prolong magnetization of the valve-controlling solenoid, the coil is wound on a copper cylinder 48. To minimize sparking at the relay contacts, high resistances 49, 50 are shunted across the terminals of the reed-relay and the solenoid. If the frequency of the current supplied to the coil A is low, the reed-relay may be a non- polarized one.
Patent GB-191500041-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fluid Flow Measuring Devices.
IPC: G01F1/20
Filed: 1915-01-01
Granted: 1915-12-30
Abstract: 41. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Jan. 1. Pressure - regulating valves. - A reducing- valve comprises a flap 4 attached to a spindle 5, which also carries a vane 8 working in a chamber 6, acting as a dash-pot. A balance weight 11 is provided, and a wide partition 12 projects from the side of the casing. A pipe 13 provides communication between the main 2 and the casing 6
Patent GB-191506365-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Apparatus for Discharging Projectiles and Marine Mines from Aircraft.
Inventor: ELIA GIOVANNI EMANUELE
IPC: F42B12/66
Filed: 1915-04-28
Abstract: 6365. Elia, G. E. Oct. 3, 1914, [Convention date]. Ordnance breech mechanism; design.-Relates to apparatus of the kind described in Specification 3215/14 for dropping interconnected projectiles from aircraft. According to the invention, the apparatus is arranged to drop three or more projectiles. In the form shown, three mortars 1 directed radially from a common centre are dropped from the aircraft and are fired during their fall by a spring hammer 7, the trigger 6 of which is pulled by a drum 3' when this has been rotated the requisite amount around its screw shaft by a cord 8 attached at its outer end to the aircraft or to a parachute. The drum is normally locked by a pin 2' which is removed by hand before the mortars are dropped.
Patent GB-191506633-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Securing Handles of Hollow-ware and other Articles.
Inventor: HEPBURN ROBERT HENRY
IPC: A47J45/06
Filed: 1915-05-04
Abstract: 6633. Hepburn, R. H., and Hepburn, J. J. May 4. Handles ; fixing.-In means for securing handles to hollow-ware and other articles, such as saucepans, dust-pans, shovels, and brooms, in which the handle is connected directly to the article or by means of a pummel or attachment plate such as 3, Fig. 1, and is supported also by one or more auxiliary arms or brackets 7, the auxiliary supports are formed integral with the article or with the pummel 3. The handle may have a collar to abut against the arm 7, or a groove to receive two auxiliary supports connected by a bolt 12, Fig. 5, or the supports may be provided with tongues adapted to pass through slots in the handle and to be turned down, or with wings which may be bent to form a sleeve 8, Fig. 12. The bandles may be detachable, in which case they screw into a sleeve 14, Fig. 15, carried by the support 7, or are secured to the support by a screw. In another form, a shovel is formed with an integral bracket 7, Fig. 17, and the handle is provided with a ferrule 18.
Patent GB-191508508-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Heaters and Electric Heating Apparatus.
IPC: A47J37/01
Filed: 1915-06-08
Abstract: 8508. Marks, E. C. R., [Landers, Frary, & Clark]. June 8. Resistances for heating. A frame of bars 11 with cross-strips 10 by which the resistance coils are supported is mounted in a casing so as to allow of expansion and contraction. The bars 11 may be secured to the casing g at one end by screws, the other ends sliding on pins 13; or both ends may be mounted on pins. or both secured by screws, in which case the bent parts 16 allow of expansion. The coils pass through the cross-strips and are insulated by mica washers secured together by eyelets, the bars being recessed to receive one of each pair of washers. Guard wires 15 are threaded through the bars 11. Terminals 25 are mounted on a plate screwed to the casing g.
Patent GB-191510150-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves and Valve Gear for Steam Engines and Pumps.
Inventor: YAMAMOTO HATSUNOSUKE
Filed: 1915-07-12
Abstract: 10,150. Yamamoto, H. Aug. 5, 1914, [Convention date]. Hand, foot, and like gears.-The main valve 24 is oscillated by tappet mechanism from the piston-rod and is reciprocated to open and close the steam ports by fluid pressure distributed to the ends of the valve chest by auxiliary ports in the valve. The valve is formed as a hollow piston, Figs. 10 and 11, comprising end steam and central exhaust reservoirs 37, 38, 36. The reservoirs 37, 38 have ports 43, 44 which communicate with passages 7, 6, leading to the top and bottom of the main cylinder, and ports 39, 41, 40, 42 which communicate through ports 28, 29, 30, 31 in the liner 2, Fig. 7, with a steam chamber 12 in the casing surrounding the liner. The ports 41, 42 register continually with the ports 30, 31, which are provided with regulating valves to supply additional steam to the cylinder ends. The main exhaust is also provided with a stop-valve 23.